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So, a teacher of mine who used to teach me German in High School once told us about her grandpa, who fought for the [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url]s. She said how he was "forced to go and fight", and how he died at the hands of the Soviets.
I can't help but think to myself, what is the likelihood that this is just historical revisionism? Something tells me her grandpa fought willingly.
On a similar topic, do Germans feel guilty about the Holocaust?
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Germany had a strong national pride. Just because you were in the German Army didn't mean you were a [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url]. There were a lot of people who fought for their country and each other, bit not for Hitler nor the regime.